I've met some unique people from whom I've learned a lot and who could not meet in usual life. Also this is a great opportunity to get to know the culture of the country and real local life.

I like works of Michel Gondry, Pedro Almodovar, Wes Anderson, Lars von Trier, Julio Medem. Fellini is brilliant. Really like old American black&white movies like Casablanca or Some like it hot. My favourite bands are The National, The Black Keys, Interpol, Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Tricky etc. Morphine is supercool. The authors... Salinger and Truman Capote. And of course Russian classics